What is workspace for projects and tools needed to manipulate those projects?
Desktop
100
What is working on more than one project at a time
Multitasking
100
What will shrink window so you see button on taskbar
Minimize button
100
What closes window (takes it out of RAM)
Close button
100
What identifies window and contains window controls
Title bar
200
What is a collection of data that has a name and is stored on disk or other media
File
200
What is a: program that causes a monitor to go blank or to display an animated design after a specified amount of idle time (Pro: can still be used to prevent burn in Con: not work the energy needed—set to blank instead!)
Screen saver
200
What is a folder than contains another (sub)folder
Parent folder
200
What is a pane in a folder window that displays contents of a selected file
Preview pane
200
What is a set of no more than four characters at the end of a filename, separated from the filename by a period (Ex. .docx indicates and Word file; .xlsx indicates an Excel file
File extensions
300
What indicates a file’s location (and how to reach it)
File path
300
What is a window that contains tools you use to change the way Windows 7 looks and behaves
Control Panel
300
What appears when contents of a box or window are too large to fit
Scrollbars
300
What is a bar at top of a folder window that shows the location of the current window
Address bar
300
What is preset settings (many of which can be changed)
Default settings
400
What is a step down from a directory (Ex. You might have a folder called Outlines stored on the top-level folder of C:\ and have another subfolder beneath it called ITSW1305.)
Subdirectory or folder
400
What is software used to communicate with the operating system
Device driver
400
What is a database of configuration information
Registry
400
What is a list of options used to complete tasks
Menu
400
What are options not currently available
Grayed-out options
500
What is also called root or main directory or root or main folder
Top-level directory
500
What is an area on your hard drive that holds deleted files until you remove them permanently (Note: objects deleted from removable media do NOT go into the recycle bin)
Recycle bin
500
What contains buttons that provide you with shortcuts to common menu commands
Toolbar
500
What is up to 255 characters; cannot use the following symbols: \ / ? * | < > “ :
Windows filenames
500
What is any location where you can store files/folders